Return from Williamsburg

Posts have been sparse lately due to all the activity June brings. We just spent a week in Eastern Virginia visiting Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, and Washington DC. Pictures are on the way.

Whether you are a fan of American history or not, let me just give a ringing endorsement to Colonial Williamsburg. For a modest admission price you can literally step back in time over 200 years and walk the streets of Williamsburg in the 1770s. As we walked around, we spotted Redcoats from time to time. One morning several rode in on horses, including the traitor himself, Benedict Arnold. He addressed all of us on horseback and defended King George, then presented the British flag to be flown over the capitol building. Of course one of the colonial women standing right next to us saw that hideous flag and called it a "horse blanket." Later General Washington rode in and on our last afternoon Michael and I were able to March with the Continental Army as we prepared to head to Yorktown for battle.

You can stop at the shops in town which are 1770s era where they still produce things the way they did back then. For example, we went to a brickyard where they actually make bricks like they did over 200 years ago. And a shoemaker. And a seamstress. And we saw a printing press and book binding.

Jamestown and Yorktown were great, but our DC visit was awesome as we toured the monuments at night. We have never been there at night and it was beautiful. Fortunately for us the weather was cool all week so we were able to walk a lot in relative comfort.

Pictures are still being organized and bags are still being unpacked, but more to follow later.